Letters | Ironman traffic, Rush Limbaugh

Ironman traffic

Congratulations to the city of Louisville for creating one of the worst traffic debacles this city has ever seen for the Ironman triathlon this past Sunday. The geniuses in charge decided to divide the city by closing Third Street starting at River Road and ending at New Cut Road and providing those of us who live west of Third Street with virtually no means of crossing over.

Options were: Drive to Indiana and cross back further east or fight your way to Taylor Boulevard or Dixie Highway where you could get on the Watterson, eventually. And by the way, this "plan" hit hardest the end of town where people have to actually get to jobs on Sundays.

Kudos also to the city for allowing an event that closes one of the city's main thoroughfares for downtown, U of L, the fairgrounds and the airport on the same day as the State Fair's final day and the weekend when U of L students are moving into dormitories and apartments. It wouldn't surprise me if the city decided that next year's triathlon should be scheduled for Derby Weekend.

JANET MILLER

Louisville 40215 -

Anti-Limbaugh bias

This is in response to the Aug. 23 article by Madeline Janis and her liberally biased opinion of Rush Limbaugh. It is obvious Ms. Janis has never met Rush and bases her opinion of him on what she has heard from people who equally despise him. She has no basis for claiming he is "nasty and mean spirited and doesn't like women." She claims if he knew her he would "hate" her and "everything she stands for." The truth is she is the one filled with hate.

It brought tears to my eyes as I read Ms. Janis' details of how she managed a coup over her elderly, ailing father by pressuring him into discarding his beloved collection of Limbaugh hats. She revealed that the reason he gave in was because he loved her more than Limbaugh. It is truly sad Ms. Janis didn't love her father equally as much, and respect his wish as he neared the end of his life to keep something he cherished. She could have thrown the hats out after he died.

PATRICIA B. MCINTYRE

Jeffersonville, Ind. 47130 -

End of civility

After reading the CJ article about the father-daughter feud over Rush Limbaugh I believe that Aug.1, 1988, was a turning point in American politics. That was the day Limbaugh went into national syndication.

With apologies to Don McLean, the writer of the song, "American Pie," I feel that was when the music of civil discourse died. Due to the overwhelming success of Mr. Limbaugh (he reportedly makes $50 million a year) dozens of wannabes of all political stripes have gotten in on the act.

In the old days, a network was loath to even mention a rival, but today we have networks pitted against one another. . Their fans have gotten so emotionally involved with the "hosts" that a slur against any one of them is taken as a personal insult.

This feeds into distrust of government and a completely do-nothing Congress - all presumably under the American flag. They all claim to be patriots while lining their own pockets. Aug. 1, 1988, a sad day indeed.

BERNIE SCHWEICKART

Louisville 40214 -

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Letters | Ironman traffic, Rush Limbaugh

Congratulations to the city of Louisville for creating one of the worst traffic debacles this city has ever seen for the Ironman triathlon this past Sunday.